Maine · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best-Resourced Public Schools in Maine

Top 50 schools ranked by resource quality score, based on student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance.

Compiled from official source data by .
70/100
Top score
B
Top grade
61/100
Avg score (top 50)
50
Schools ranked

The ranking in one line

Madawaska Elementary School in Madawaska is Maine's top-resourced public school, scoring 70/100 on the NCES resource index.

70/100
top score (grade B)
1
schools at the top grade (B)
61/100
average across the top 50
# School GradeScore
1 Madawaska Elementary School Madawaska B 70
2 Wiscasset Elementary School Wiscasset B- 69
3 Dayton Consolidated School Dayton B- 69
4 Bruce M Whittier Middle School Poland B- 67
5 Williams-Cone School Topsham B- 67
6 Prescott Memorial School Washington B- 67
7 Veazie Community School Veazie B- 66
8 Harrison Lyseth Elem School Portland B- 65
9 Ocean Avenue Portland B- 65
10 Greely High School Cumberland C+ 64
11 Falmouth Middle School Falmouth C+ 64
12 Wiscasset Middle/High School Wiscasset C+ 64
13 Saco Middle School Saco C+ 63
14 Presumpscot School Portland C+ 63
15 Jefferson Village School Jefferson C+ 63
16 Orono Middle School Orono C+ 63
17 Shapleigh Memorial School Shapleigh C+ 63
18 Appleton Village School Appleton C+ 63
19 Frank H Harrison Middle School Yarmouth C+ 62
20 Pemetic Elementary School Southwest Harbor C+ 62
21 West Bath School West Bath C+ 62
22 Scarborough High School Scarborough C+ 61
23 Yarmouth High School Yarmouth C+ 61
24 Winslow Junior High School Winslow C+ 61
25 Mt Desert Elementary School Northeast Harbor C+ 61
26 Schenck High School East Millinocket C+ 61
27 Gorham High School Gorham C+ 60
28 Brunswick Jr High School Brunswick C+ 60
29 Amanda C Rowe School Portland C+ 60
30 Houlton Southside School Houlton C+ 60
31 Blue Hill Consolidated School Blue Hill C+ 60
32 Mt Ararat High School Topsham C 59
33 Greely Middle School Cumberland C 59
34 York Middle School York C 59
35 Gerald E Talbot Community School Portland C 59
36 Memorial Middle School South Portland C 59
37 Conners-Emerson School Bar Harbor C 59
38 Acton Elementary School Acton C 59
39 Oxford-Cumberland Canal School Westbrook C 59
40 Old Orchard Beach High School Old Orchard Beach C 59
41 Falmouth High School Falmouth C 58
42 Wentworth School Scarborough C 58
43 Narragansett Elementary School Gorham C 58
44 Longfellow School-Portland Portland C 58
45 Woodland Elementary School Baileyville C 58
46 Marshwood Middle School Eliot C 57
47 Durham Community School Durham C 57
48 Wells High School Wells C 57
49 Congin School Westbrook C 57
50 Woolwich Central School Woolwich C 57

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best public schools in Maine? ▼

The highest-ranked school in Maine is Madawaska Elementary School in Madawaska with a quality score of 70/100 (grade B). Rankings are based on student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, gifted programs, and attendance rates from NCES data.

How are school quality scores calculated? ▼

Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES data across 4 metrics: student-teacher ratio (lower is better, national avg ~16:1), counselor availability (ASCA recommends 250:1), gifted program availability, and chronic absenteeism rate (lower is better). This measures school resources, not test scores.

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Methodology

Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 metrics: student-teacher ratio, school counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism rates. Schools must have at least 50 students and data for one or more metrics. This measures resource quality, not test scores. Higher scores indicate smaller class sizes, better counselor access, and lower absenteeism.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.